Janet Ongera

Sen. Ong’era Mr. Speaker, Sir, may I present to you the newly nominated Member of the Senate, Omondi Godliver Nanjira. Godliver is from the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) , as you know, the most popular party in Kenya. (Laughter)

Sen. Ong’era The word is spelt as ocular and it means maximum proof.

Sen. Ong’era Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is an English word. It does not require a rocket scientist to tell us the roles of a county assembly. We know that their job is to oversight, legislate and represent people. We are reducing them to paupers. In fact, we are...

Is it an English word? Sen. Ong’era Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is an English word. It does not require a rocket scientist to tell us the roles of a county assembly. We know that their job is to oversight, legislate and represent people. We are reducing them to...

Sen. Ong’era Mr. Speaker, Sir, may I present to you the newly nominated Member of the Senate, Omondi Godliver Nanjira. Godliver is from the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) , as you know, the most popular party in Kenya. (Laughter)

Sen. Ong’eraAssembly, they have to look for shoe shiner to polish their shoes because they are often very dusty.That is not the state at which we should reduce Members we are referring to as honourable. The Sarah Serem Commission should not tell us that we need to evaluate jobs of...

Sen. Ong’era Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is an English word. It does not require a rocket scientist to tell us the roles of a county assembly. We know that their job is to oversight, legislate and represent people. We are reducing them to paupers. In fact, we are...

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Sen. Ong’era Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this time to contribute to this very important Motion which is detailing how we can revive our industries to be able to grow the economy of this country. A number of textile industries have closed down in the recent...

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Sen. Ong’era Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this time to contribute to this very important Motion which is detailing how we can revive our industries to be able to grow the economy of this country. A number of textile industries have closed down in the recent...

Sen. Ong’era Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I rise to support this Motion. First of all, I would like to congratulate my colleague, Sen. Karaba, for bringing a very innovative Motion to this House. When George Owen wrote his book in 1984, many of...

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Sen. Ong’era Sen. James Orengo, you had five minutes. Do you want to utilize them?

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Sen. Ong'era Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity so that I can also support this Motion. May I, first, begin by commending Sen. Mositet, for bringing such an important Motion. As you know, rural roads form such an important cog of any development in the...

Sen. Ong’era Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in case Sen. Hassan does not recall, this House just voted unanimously to have you as our temporary speaker for the day. So, as I was saying before I was interrupted by the distinguished Senator for Mombasa, all services must be transferred to the...

Sen. Ong’era Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support this Motion. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this Motion has been eloquently stated and its benefits are very clear, by the very expert, the Senator for Nyeri, and other contributors. Therefore, I need September 25, 2013 SENATE DEBATES...

Sen. Ong’era Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this opportunity so that I can support this Motion. This is a very good Motion brought by the leader of delegation from Busia. This Motion wants to build capacities in the counties. There is no way we can have...

Sen. Ong’era Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support this Motion. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this Motion has been eloquently stated and its benefits are very clear, by the very expert, the Senator for Nyeri, and other contributors. Therefore, I need not belabour the point, except...

Sen. Ong’era Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a matter that in the next few weeks we shall be discussing and raising valid questions on the nature of our homeland security. I would also like to pass my thoughts to those who are suffering with injuries in hospital, many who did...

September 24, 2013 SENATE DEBATES (Laughter) Sen. Ong’era Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity. (Loud consultations) Mr. Speaker, Sir, in solidarity with the rest of the country, I want to send my message of condolence to the families of those who are bereaved and those injured in this...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity. (Loud consultations)

Sen. Ong’era On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker. Is the distinguished Senator, who is also the Senate Majority Leader, trying to tell this House that the money that we are seeking, as a Senate, for the political party fund is meant to bash the Jubilee Government? Is that...

Madam Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to also make my contribution to this Motion, which has been moved by my friend, the Senator for Kisumu, Prof. Anyang’-Nyong’o. Madam Temporary Speaker, from the outset, we all know as Kenyans that multiparty democracy is extremely central to our constitutional order. We all...

Sen. Ong’era Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki, are you trying to control the activities of another political party or you are contributing to this Motion?

Sen. Ong’eraFund. Therefore, even as much as political parties would wish the Registrar to release the money, I think at the moment, it would be very difficult because the Fund is already in court because of how it was shared out.It is also important when we talk about political parties...

Yes. Sen. Ong’eraI think we need to support the Registrar who has been very supportive without looking at the political party’s biasness. She has always been partial to all of us and I think it is important that we support her office and what she is doing. We should push...

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Sen. Ong’eraMadam Temporary Speaker, by the end of this month, all political parties are expected to submit their audited accounts to the Registrar of Political Parties. This cannot be achieved without having proper regulations, and I think this House is in agreement that we do need money, because how do...

Madam Temporary Speaker, indeed, I am aware that the Auditor- General looks at the document, but I am also aware that the Auditor-General looks at the document after the goats have bolted. I know it is horses, but in our country, we use goats. By that time, all you are...

Sen. Ong’era On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker. Is the distinguished Senator, who is also the Senate Majority Leader, trying to tell this House that the money that we are seeking, as a Senate, for the political party fund is meant to bash the Jubilee Government? Is that...

Madam Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to also make my contribution to this Motion, which has been moved by my friend, the Senator for Kisumu, Prof. Anyang’-Nyong’o. Madam Temporary Speaker, from the outset, we all know as Kenyans that multiparty democracy is extremely central to our constitutional order. We all...

Sen. Ong’era Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki, are you trying to control the activities of another political party or you are contributing to this Motion?

Sen. Ong’eramoney, I think at the moment, it would be very difficult because the Fund is already in court because of how it was shared out.It is also important when we talk about political parties to understand that the Office of the Registrar has worked for so long in a...

Yes. Sen. Ong’eraI think we need to support the Registrar who has been very supportive without looking at the political party’s biasness. She has always been partial to all of us and I think it is important that we support her office and what she is doing. We should push...

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Sen. Ong’eraMadam Temporary Speaker, by the end of this month, all political parties are expected to submit their audited accounts to the Registrar of Political Parties. This cannot be achieved without having proper regulations, and I think this House is in agreement that we do need money, because how do...

Madam Temporary Speaker, indeed, I am aware that the Auditor- General looks at the document, but I am also aware that the Auditor-General looks at the document after the goats have bolted. I know it is horses, but in our country, we use goats. By that time, all you are...

Sen. Ong’era Madam Temporary Speaker, we shall comply.

Sen. Ong’era Thank you Madam, Temporary Speaker. I apologize for being out of order. I did not do it deliberately; I was responding to your order. The issue of security is very important in our nation, especially at this moment in the history of our country when we are faced...

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Sen. Ong’era Madam Temporary Speaker, we shall comply.

Sen. Ong’era Thank you Madam, Temporary Speaker. I apologize for being out of order. I did not do it deliberately; I was responding to your order. The issue of security is very important in our nation, especially at this moment in the history of our country when we are faced...

Sen. Ong’era Madam Temporary Speaker, we shall comply.

Sen. Ong’era Thank you Madam, Temporary Speaker. I apologize for being out of order. I did not do it deliberately; I was responding to your order. The issue of security is very important in our nation, especially at this moment in the history of our country when we are faced...

Sen. Ong’era Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this opportunity so that I can support this Motion. This is a very good Motion brought by the leader of delegation from Busia. This Motion wants to build capacities in the counties. There is no way we can have...

Sen. Ong’era Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will also try and shorten my remarks so that other people can contribute to the Motion. What has happened, if I can continue from where I left, is that a few people especially from the Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) world decided to convert the misery...

Sen. Ong’era Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will also try and shorten my remarks so that other people can contribute to the Motion. What has happened, if I can continue from where I left, is that a few people especially from the Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) world decided to convert the misery...